Noiseless Chatter Archive

I wonder how many years running I’ll be able to start these announcements with “What a fuckin’ year, eh?” Anyway, last year we celebrated Halloween by leaning directly into the worst tendencies of man with George A. Romero’s First Dead Trilogy. This time, let’s just have fun with some silly movies that have no social relevance or satirical value at all. None! I promise! Why are you looking at me that way?! Beginning Oct. 17, join me for Trilogy of Terror VII: Vehicular Homicide. It will consist of longform analyses of the following films: Duel (1971) – coming Oct. 17 Death Race 2000 (1975) – coming Oct. 24 Christine (1983) – coming Oct. 31 I’m posting this announcment far in advance so that you will have plenty of time to seek out and watch the films, if you’re interested. Death Race 2000 appears to be available in its entirety, for free, on YouTube. Christine also seems to be there, albeit in parts. Duel is available for purchase or rent through Amazon, iTunes, and pro...

For the next two weeks, you can download the Summer Invasion Game Bundle from StoryBundle by paying whatever you like. I’m honored to be a part of it, as I’ve supported StoryBundle many times in the past and I’ve gotten a lot of fantastic eBooks out of it. This bundle includes two of the most recent Boss Fight Books titles: my book on Resident Evil , and Gabe Durham’s excellent book on Majora’s Mask . I helped edit the latter, so this is like an honor within an honor. If you don’t have my book yet, this is a great way to get your hands on a digital copy. And if you do have it…well, you probably don’t have all of the others, so maybe give it a go anyway! Even better is the fact that proceeds benefit Women in Games . Please do check it out and consider extending your support. Also, HELLO, as long as we’re here, a few updates: – Resident Evil on Amazon: A few of you have asked about the availability of physical copies through Amazon. Right now, it is only available through th...